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Dubai Medical College

In research, Dubai Medical College stands highest in Medicine (#5,379 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,483 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,664
of 22,385 · #20,522 all time
Rank in United Arab Emirates
#37
of 60
Research works
520
▲ 161% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.1k
7.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.84×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
72%
world 40%
International
43%
world 18%
Dubai Medical College

What is Dubai Medical College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #5,379 of 8,541 4.9%156 #8942
Health SciencesDomain #6,483 of 9,902 4.8%176 #10803

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Dubai Medical College sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Dubai Medical College work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Dubai Medical College is in Health Sciences, 14% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (58%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Health Professions (5%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 205 fractional works · 64.9% of its workMedicine: 183 fractional works · 58.1% of its workSurgery: 22 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 17 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPhysiology: 13 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 12 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 15 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 46 fractional works · 14.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 27 fractional works · 8.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 10.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 32 fractional works · 10.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKDubai MedicalCollege316fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences65%Social Sciences10%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine18358.1%
    2. Health Professions154.8%
    3. Dentistry31.0%
    4. Nursing31.0%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology278.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences51.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology51.6%
    4. Neuroscience41.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics41.2%
    1. Social Sciences134.2%
    2. Psychology103.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting41.2%
    4. Decision Sciences41.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    1. Environmental Science113.3%
    2. Engineering92.9%
    3. Computer Science62.1%
    4. Materials Science20.8%
    5. Chemistry10.4%
    6. Mathematics10.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    8. Energy00.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.60× its world share, 27 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.63× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.88× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.34× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.67× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.09× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.81× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.02× its world share, 183 worksMedicineNursing: 2.06× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.02× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.34×4 works
  2. Medicine3.02×183 works
  3. Dentistry2.09×3 works
  4. Nursing2.06×3 works
  5. Health Professions1.81×15 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.63×5 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.60×27 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.15×4 works
  9. Psychology1.02×10 works
  10. Neuroscience0.88×4 works
  11. Environmental Science0.67×11 works
  12. Veterinary0.39×0 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.39×4 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.35×5 works
  15. Social Sciences0.33×13 works
  16. Mathematics0.28×1 works
  17. Computer Science0.26×6 works
  18. Chemistry0.24×1 works
  19. Materials Science0.22×2 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.21×1 works
  21. Engineering0.20×9 works
  22. Energy0.16×0 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.14×1 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.11×0 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.08×1 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Dubai Medical College?

Ranked on the quality score, Mona N. Alrukhaimi, Maryam Salma Babar and Eslam El Nebrisi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Dubai Medical College.

  1. 1 Mona N. Alrukhaimi United Arab Emirates · #557,380 worldwide 2.7k citations · 83 works
  2. 2 Maryam Salma Babar United Arab Emirates · #1,471,207 worldwide 526 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Eslam El Nebrisi United Arab Emirates · #2,626,294 worldwide 475 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Hiba Khan United Arab Emirates · #2,973,592 worldwide 475 citations · 55 works
  5. 5 Mariam Shadan United Arab Emirates · #3,018,605 worldwide 54 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Mona Al Rukhaimi United Arab Emirates · #3,063,012 worldwide 194 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Sami Mohamed United Arab Emirates · #3,072,178 worldwide 86 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Dima Kamal Abdelmannan United Arab Emirates · #3,261,995 worldwide 873 citations · 47 works
  9. 9 Nasser H. Saidi United Arab Emirates · #3,266,358 worldwide 264 citations · 40 works
  10. 10 F.A. Benomran United Arab Emirates · #3,816,600 worldwide 264 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Dubai Medical College

What are the most cited papers from Dubai Medical College?

The most cited paper from Dubai Medical College is "Global and regional effects of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with acute stroke in 32 countries (INTERSTROKE): a case-control study" (Martin James O'Donnell et al., 2016), with 2,304 citations. Next come "The effect of physical activity on mortality and cardiovascular disease in 130 000 people from 17 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: the PURE study" (1,390) and "Fruit, vegetable, and legume intake, and cardiovascular disease and deaths in 18 countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study" (664).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global and regional effects of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with acute stroke in 32 countries (INTERSTROKE): a case-control study Martin James O'Donnell et al. · The Lancet Open access 16 Jul 2016 2,304
2 The effect of physical activity on mortality and cardiovascular disease in 130 000 people from 17 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: the PURE study Scott Alexander Lear et al. · The Lancet Open access 22 Sep 2017 1,390
3 Fruit, vegetable, and legume intake, and cardiovascular disease and deaths in 18 countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study Victoria Miller et al. · The Lancet Open access363 authors 29 Aug 2017 664
4 Socioeconomic status and risk of cardiovascular disease in 20 low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries: the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiologic (PURE) study Annika Rosengren et al. · The Lancet Global Health Open access 23 Apr 2019 661
5 Saroglitazar, a PPAR‐α/γ Agonist, for Treatment of NAFLD: A Randomized Controlled Double‐Blind Phase 2 Trial Samer Gawrieh, Mazen Noureddin, Nicole Loo et al. · Hepatology Open access 3 Apr 2021 367
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Dubai Medical College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Mortality, Metabolic Syndrome, Public Health, Cancer Treatment and Oxidative Stress.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology30▲ 2.4×95 topics
  2. Inflammation25▲ 3.7×56 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease19▲ 5.2×32 topics
  4. Public Health14▲ 3.0×27 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress13▲ 2.6×36 topics
  6. Machine Learning13▲ 1.25×20 topics
  7. Mortality13▲ 7.1×12 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome12▲ 4.9×20 topics
  9. Healthcare11▲ 3.1×14 topics
  10. Treatment11▲ 2.8×36 topics
  11. Diagnosis10▲ 3.3×32 topics
  12. Cancer8▲ 2.0×33 topics
  13. Precision Medicine8▲ 5.4×8 topics
  14. COVID-198▲ 2.0×17 topics
  15. Cancer Treatment8▲ 11×7 topics
  16. Weight Loss8▲ 15×4 topics
  17. Aging7▲ 4.3×8 topics
  18. Chemotherapy7▲ 3.2×19 topics
  19. Metabolic Health7▲ 11×2 topics
  20. Insulin Resistance7▲ 5.0×7 topics
  21. Cardiovascular Disease Prevention7▲ 24×3 topics
  22. Clinical Trials7▲ 3.2×16 topics
  23. Diabetes7▲ 4.2×14 topics
  24. Pathogenesis7▲ 4.1×20 topics
  25. Infectious Diseases6▲ 6.0×5 topics
  26. Insulin Sensitivity6▲ 54×2 topics
  27. Clinical Guidelines6▲ 6.3×8 topics
  28. Intermittent Fasting6▲ 72×1 topic
  29. Time-Restricted Feeding6▲ 72×1 topic
  30. SARS-CoV-25▲ 5.5×5 topics
  31. Glycemic Control5▲ 10×4 topics
  32. Health Equity5▲ 5.6×4 topics
  33. Regeneration5▲ 7.8×6 topics
  34. Diabetes Mellitus5▲ 7.5×6 topics
  35. Heat Waves5▲ 25×1 topic
  36. Human Health5▲ 9.7×1 topic
  37. Clinical Decision Support5▲ 9.6×1 topic
  38. Ethical Challenges5▲ 7.0×1 topic
  39. Insulin Therapy4▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Mesenchymal Stem Cells4▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Dubai Medical College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Dietary Effects on Health, Climate Change and Health Impacts, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Dietary Effects on Health: 6 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 5 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …5Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 5 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …3SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 3 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 3 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …2Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 2 fractional worksMesenchymal stem cell research: 2 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 2 fractional works
PhysiologyHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisHealth InformaticsInfectious Diseases5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Dietary Effects on Health Physiology 6 works
  2. 2 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 5 works
  3. 3 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 5 works
  4. 4 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  5. 5 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  6. 6 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 3 works
  7. 7 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 2 works
  8. 8 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  9. 9 Mesenchymal stem cell research Genetics 2 works
  10. 10 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 2 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available72.4%not open27.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.7%domestic only57.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Dubai Medical College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 161% higher than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Dubai Medical College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Dubai Medical College0.0020% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Dubai Medical College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Dubai Medical College5.8% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.2% in 2021.

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